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I'm working on this pattern by Clara Parkes http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stepping-stones-3, my first ever patterned sock. I'm just doing it in a plain colour so the pattern will stand out. Everyone is telling me I won't recognize my own feet in plain coloured socks!

I'm knitting socks like crazy for the girls in my spinning/knitting group and my sister. So far I have given away 10 pairs. Must make sure nobody has cold feet this winter. Trying out new patterns but also repeating some good old ones.

Finished the hat with the January DIC yarn - now I'm knitting a navy watch cap style hat for my husband with some Opal yarn --- then, a little girl's hat for a co-worker. And, my list of "want to knit" just gets longer and longer.

When you had a Potluck sale of Poste Yarn, I was happy to get a skein of navy, gold and purple. Its called Garden District on your site. Im halfway finished on the first sock. I absolutely love working with it and plan to get another colorway when this one is finished. Hope you didn't have any winter storm damage.

I'm knitting myself a pair of socks from Opal Surprise yarn. It's wide gradient stripes that shade from aqua through blue & purple to yellow & spring green. I am crazy for this colorway. Opal colorways are always so much better looking in person than on a monitor & even prettier when knit up. I think this is my favorite commercial sock yarn ever. I just finished a hat & mittens for my granddaughter using Regia 6 in shaeds of hot pink, purple & black.

I limit myself to 4 works on the needles from very simple to difficult. My simple is a big color-block scarf, average is a pair of socks and a sweater for my grandson and difficult is a fair isle sweater. My mood and what else I'm doing dictates which I pick up. When one is finished I let myself start a new project. I find this rotating system works well for me for finishing projects and never getting bored with a project.

Began Multnomah shawl with 'Christmas at Downton' colorway when I received it barely two weeks ago. Had carpal tunnel surgery on Monday and today realized that I can knit relaxed easy garter stitch quite easily--hoorah!

Tonight I'm casting on the Sweetest Heart Socks that were part of last years SSYC Valentine kit. I got it too late for last year and thought I had plenty of time to make them for this... Two weeks should about do it!

I'm making the Sockhead hat (free Ravelry pattern) from a skein of Seacoast Handpainted merino/tencel in a colorway called Iris Garden. I bought it directly from Jennifer at the New Hampshire Wool Arts Tour. The colors are springy for a winter hat!

This week is a bunch of smaller projects from last year's Rose City Yarn Crawl. We have 18 local yarn stores that participated and so you can do projects from the crawl in anticipation of this year's crawl and potentially win a gift certificate to one of the stores. I have one done and two on the needles. Plus I need to get a baby sweater done by Saturday. I imagine I might be up late the next two nights!